{"id":"SEC-04-017","kind":"order","level":"federal","jurisdiction":"United States","state":"","metro":"","industry":"04","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Centers for Medicare \u0026 Medicaid Services","authority":"Social Security Act 1135, 1861(m), 1814(a)(7); CARES Act 3708; interim final rule","instrument":"CMS-1744-IFC, 85 Fed. Reg. 19230","title":"Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Policy and Regulatory Revisions in Response to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency","dateIssued":"2020-04-06","effective":"2020-03-01 (retroactive) / 2020-03-31","end":"PHE (several provisions made permanent)","startDate":"2020-03-01","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["HC","OTHER"],"addressees":["HHAs","hospices","physicians and practitioners"],"clause":"Home health agencies... may furnish services using telecommunications technology... as long as such services do not substitute for in-person visits ordered on the plan of care... Clarification of Homebound Status... a beneficiary is considered homebound if... a physician has determined that it is medically contraindicated for the beneficiary to leave the home because he or she has a confirmed or suspected diagnosis of COVID-19 [or a condition making the beneficiary more susceptible]... Hospice:... the face-to-face encounter... may be conducted via telehealth... (as read).","enforcement":"Medicare payment conditions","functions":["HC","SN remote visits not billable as visits","IN certification and face-to-face rules","CB homebound population enlarged by order","OF billing"],"notes":"Companion to the 1135 waivers; the telecommunications rule bars billing a remote contact as a visit.","sourceUrl":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2020-04-06/pdf/2020-06990.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":513477,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"SEC-04","url":"/library/SEC-04-017","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/SEC-04-017","citation":"Centers for Medicare \u0026 Medicaid Services, CMS-1744-IFC, 85 Fed. Reg. 19230 (Apr. 6, 2020) (Ex. SEC-04-017)","stateName":"","related":["SEC-04-011","SEC-04-018","SEC-04-013","SEC-04-026","SEC-04-006","SEC-04-007","SEC-04-012"]}